UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20555
January 8, 1987
TO ALL POWER REACTOR LICENSEES AND APPLICANTS FOR AN OPERATING LICENSE
Gentlemen:
SUBJECT: PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF THE NRC OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION
QUESTION BANK (Generic Letter 87-01)
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has developed the NRC Operator
Licensing Examination Question Bank (EQB) to be used by examiners for the
construction and storage of operator examination questions for Reactor
Operators (RO) and Senior Reactor Operators (SRO). The data base and the
mainframe computer on which it resides is located at the Idaho National
Engineering Laboratory (INEL) in Idaho Falls, Idaho, and is maintained under
contract to the NRC by INEL.
The data is in the form of questions, answers and references and is being
made available on request. All information requested can be transferred
either on magnetic tape or paper computer printout. Although active on-line
access is not permitted, an off-line procedure to request specific
information from the EQB is enclosed. Costs in providing this information
are normally charged to the requestor unless provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act that provide for public access to information are invoked.
Requestors of information should be aware that the information provided will
be current only at the time it is requested, since updates and changes occur
frequently.
In addition to utility use in preparing for future NRC examinations, this
information is being provided to requestors to allow checks of accuracy in
the EQB and to evaluate the bank to ensure the information is correct. New
questions and revisions of current EQB questions will be accepted and
considered for EQB updating. Proposed changes should be based upon facility
job/task analyses and RO/SRO training program learning objectives. Requested
changes are to be submitted to the Operator Licensing Branch, U. S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555.
We hope that making this exchange of information available will improve the
quality of NRC examinations and provide information to interested persons on
the scope of the NRC written examination. A complete listout of current
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questions on the database is being provided periodically to the Main Public
Document Reading Room at the NRC Headquarters in Washington, DC. Each
nuclear power utility's Local Public Document Reading Room will receive a
listout of current questions only for that utility.
Sincerely,
Harold R. Denton, Director
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Enclosure:
As stated